"...per the brilliant Sports Club Stats"
(thank you Mr. Dater)

Cleveland Indians Playoff Chances 2012-3WC 50/50

Lost to Kansas City 3-6, playoff odds down 3.8 to 54.1%
27-23   .540

How are these numbers calculated?

Big Games

How we did yesterday and who we should root for today.   Explain

Wednesday100.0*Chance in playoffs100.0*Average seed
Cleveland 3 Kansas City 6 -3.5
-0.3
Tampa Bay 3 White Sox 4 -0.2
Boston 6 Detroit 4 +0.1
If winner is:HomeAway
Friday100.0*Chance in playoffs100.0*Average seed
Cleveland vs Minnesota+3.5-3.5
+0.3-0.3
White Sox vs Seattle-0.3+0.3
Kansas City vs Oakland-0.2+0.2

What If

Chances based on how well the Cleveland finish out the regular season.   Explain

100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100
If finish:Chance inChance will finish regular season at seed
TWW-Lplayoffs12345678910111213141516Count
104-139In100273*
10376-36In991128
10275-37In100225
10174-38In9910472
10073-39In991884
9972-40In99101,773
9871-41In98202,929
9770-42In954014,960
9669-43In936018,176
9568-44In8990212,812
9467-45In82150319,238
9366-46In7321150027,969
9265-47In622937039,089
9164-48In48365100052,824
9063-49In34429141069,839
8962-50100.0%2143151820087,401
8861-51100.0103922226100106,072
8760-5299.7430282312300123,919
8659-5398.911932201971000140,470
8558-5495.2011311324164000153,769
8457-5585.104277222512300162,134
8356-5664.8022021328249200165,560
8255-5738.6013151931227100162,740
8154-5817.3070182432206100154,393
8053-596.20400212283217400141,143
7952-602.002000416313014300124,421
7851-610.6100162034271010106,316
7750-620.20000192635226088,026
7649-630.0000314323415269,583
7548-640.000016223828652,874
7447-65Out0021234391439,488
7346-660.0000524452528,260
7245-67Out00215443919,348
7144-68Out018395312,588
7043-69Out0430668,308
6942-70Out0223764,954
6841-71Out0015842,919
6740-72Out010901,662
6639-73Out694949
6538-74Out595469
6437-75Out298239
6336-76Out199121
6235-77Out49655
27-61Out100228*
Total:54.1%81113778887765422,200,000

* Row combines multiple less frequent records.

Games Above .500
Chance Will Make Playoffs

Lottery

Ye of little faith, already thinking about next year. Here are the big games and what ifs for draft seeds.

Big Games

WednesdayNone
FridayNone

What If

This isn't your lottery pick because it does not factor in ping pong balls.
It's the final seed that gets you the ping pong balls.
The top 12 seeds are wrong, just ignore them for now.

100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100
If finish:Chance will finish season at seed
TWW-L123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
27-139
Total: